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Tron: Legacy (2010) is an American science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski. In 1989, Kevin Flynn, who had been promoted to CEO of ENCOM International seven years earlier, mysteriously vanishes. Two decades later, his son Sam, now the primary shareholder of ENCOM, pulls a prank on the company by releasing their signature operating system for free online. Alan Bradley, an executive at ENCOM and Flynn’s longtime friend, approves of this act as he believes it aligns with Flynn’s values of open software. However, Sam is arrested for breaking and entering. Alan bails him out and reveals that there ...

The film Alice in Wonderland (2010), directed by Tim Burton and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, follows the story of a 19-year-old Alice Kingsleigh. Still grieving the loss of her father and feeling trapped by societal expectations, Alice begins to have strange recurring dreams. At a garden party, she is proposed to by Hamish Ascot, but her attention is soon drawn to a familiar white rabbit wearing a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch. Following the rabbit down a rabbit hole, she accidentally shrinks after drinking from a bottle labeled ‘Drink Me’ (also known as a Pishsalver). This makes it impossible ...

Tangled (2010), a 2010 American animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film, was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. A single drop of sunlight, descending from the sky, produces a magical flower with healing properties. An elderly woman named Gothel utilizes it to retain her youth. After many centuries, soldiers from the kingdom of Corona take the flower and utilize it to save their queen who is pregnant and ill. The queen gives birth to a daughter named Rapunzel. Gothel sneaks into the castle and discovers that Rapunzel’s hair inherited the magic from the flower, but loses its power when cut. To maintain control of ...

Toy Story 3 (2010) is a popular animated movie by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. The film follows Andy Davis, who is now almost an adult at the age of 17 and getting ready to start college. Having not played with his toys for many years, only a select few remain: Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Bullseye, Rex, Slinky, Hamm, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, the Aliens and three toy soldiers. Before leaving for school, Andy decides to bring Woody with him and packs up the rest of his beloved toys in a garbage bag to be stored in the attic. However, a mix-up occurs when Andy’s mother mistakes the bag for trash. The toys then find themselves on an ...

Race to Witch Mountain (2009), directed by Andy Fickman, is an American sci-fi adventure thriller. In the small town of Searchlight, Nevada, an alien spacecraft crashes just outside of Las Vegas. In response, Project Moon Dust – a covert Defense Department group under the command of Henry Burke – arrives in black helicopters. Without hesitation, the men in black take control of the spaceship and begin their search for its occupants, determined to exploit their DNA and abilities. Meanwhile in Vegas, ex-convict Jack Bruno has turned his life around as a taxi cab driver to avoid returning to jail. Along his ...

Prep & Landing (2009) is an American animated television special, based on an idea by Chris Williams at Walt Disney Animation Studios and developed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers into a half-hour Christmas special. Wayne, a dedicated Christmas elf, is part of this elite organization whose important job is to prepare homes around the world for Santa’s visit. After 227 years with ‘Prep & Landing’, Wayne eagerly anticipates being promoted to director of the naughty list. However, his former ...

In London on Christmas Eve 1843, Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009) follows the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a stingy miser who despises the joyous festivities of the holiday season. Despite his nephew Fred’s invitation to a Christmas dinner party and the urging of two charity workers, Scrooge refuses to participate in any acts of kindness or generosity. His dedicated employee Bob Cratchit must even ask for a single day off on Christmas Day, which Scrooge reluctantly grants. However, when Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner Jacob Marley at home, he soon realizes that his selfish ways may lead him down a path of eternal suffering. Marley ...

Up (2009) is a well-loved American animated comedy-drama adventure film from Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. Young Carl Fredricksen greatly admires famous explorer Charles Muntz, who was discredited after his discovery of a supposed giant bird skeleton from Paradise Falls in South America was deemed fraudulent. Despite this setback, Muntz remains determined to find a living specimen at the Falls and returns there soon after. ‘clubhouse’ (an abandoned home in their neighborhood) to a cliff near Paradise Falls. Eventually, Carl and Ellie get married and settle into the clubhouse, where they both work at the city zoo – Carl as a ...

Presto (2008) is an American computer-animated short film by Pixar that played in theaters prior to their feature-length film WALL-E. The film centers around Presto DiGiotagione, a vaudeville-era magician known for his hat trick involving his rabbit Alec Azam. However, in this particular performance, Alec finds himself locked in a cage and unable to reach his carrot. When Presto returns from eating, he attempts to practice his act with Alec using their magically connected hats – one of which is kept backstage with the rabbit. But as the show begins and Presto rushes onstage, Alec refuses to cooperate until he receives his carrot. This leads to multiple ...

BURN-E (2008), an American short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, is included with the DVD and Blu-ray of WALL-E. As WALL-E journeys through space with EVE on a ship heading to the Axiom starliner, he dislodges a small rock while passing through the Rings of Saturn. The rock gains enough momentum to become a meteor and collides with one of the Axiom’s running lights (known as ‘spires’), causing it to break. AUTO, the ship’s computer, alerts autopilot SUPPLY-R to fix the damage. BURN-E is then activated and equipped with a welding torch and an intact spire to complete the repair on the hull track. However, he becomes distracted ...

The film WALL-E (2008) is an American animated science fiction romance produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Set in the 29th century, Earth has become a wasteland due to an ecocide caused by rampant consumerism, corporate greed, and environmental neglect. Humanity was evacuated to space by the megacorporation Buy n Large (BnL) 700 years ago, leaving only trash compacting robots to clean up the planet. However, this cleanup effort has failed and only one active robot remains – Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth Class (WALL·E). He survives by salvaging parts from other inactive robots and lives with his pet cockroach in a large truck ...

Bolt (2008) is an American animated action adventure film, produced and released by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pictures. The main character, a White Swiss Shepherd puppy named Bolt, is adopted by a 7-year-old girl named Penny. They soon become the stars of a successful TV show bearing Bolt’s name, where they use his superpowers to fight crime and defeat the evil Dr. Calico who has taken Penny’s father hostage. To ensure a convincing performance from Bolt, the director designs the filming process so that Bolt believes everything happening on set is real, including his powers like invincibility, strength, and a powerful bark. As a result, Bolt can ...

The American sports family comedy film, The Game Plan (2007), directed by Andy Fickman, follows the story of Joe Kingman, quarterback for the Boston Rebels. During the final game of the regular season against the New York Dukes, Joe chooses to score a touchdown instead of passing to open receiver Travis Sanders. This decision leads to an unexpected visit from eight-year-old Peyton Kelly the next morning. Claiming to be his biological daughter sent by his ex-wife Sara, Peyton throws a wrench in Joe’s carefully curated public image. His agent, Stella Peck, tries to distract him with the upcoming playoffs. However, ...

Released by Walt Disney Pictures, Meet the Robinsons (2007) is an animated science-fiction comedy film. The story follows Lewis, a 12-year-old aspiring inventor who resides in an orphanage. His youthful exuberance, quirky personality, and faulty creations have discouraged potential adoptive parents. In order to find his birth mother who left him at the orphanage as a baby, Lewis constructs a memory-scanning machine. While en route to his school’s science fair with the machine, he encounters Wilbur Robinson, a mysterious 13-year-old claiming to be from the future. Wilbur explains that he needs help retrieving a stolen time machine from a man sporting a bowler ...

Ratatouille (2007) is a delightful American animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Remy, a young rat with extraordinary taste and smell abilities, dreams of becoming a chef like his human idol, the late Auguste Gusteau. However, his fellow colony members including his brother Émile and father Django, only eat for survival and are cautious of humans. The rats inhabit an elderly woman’s attic outside Paris but are forced to flee when she discovers them, leaving Remy alone. With guidance from his imaginary Gusteau, he ventures out onto the roof of Gusteau’s restaurant. There he notices Alfredo Linguini, the new garbage ...

Director Jon Turteltaub and producer Jerry Bruckheimer released National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), an American action-adventure film. The story takes place five days after the Civil War’s end, as John Wilkes Booth and Michael O’Laughlen, members of the KGC, ask Thomas Gates to decipher a message copied into Booth’s diary. Though Thomas decodes the Playfair cipher, he realizes that Booth and O’Laughlen have ulterior motives to aid the Confederacy. In a race against time, Thomas burns the cipher pages and shares the keyword with his son ...

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), an American epic fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, follows the story of Lord Cutler Beckett’s tyrannical rule over the seas. He orders Davy Jones to destroy all pirate ships and executes anyone affiliated with piracy in Port Royal. In response to this threat, nine Pirate Lords are called upon to convene at Shipwreck Cove for the Brethren Court. However, due to Jack Sparrow’s absence and lack of a named successor, Barbossa, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, ...

The Shaggy Dog (2006), directed by Brian Robbins, is an American science fantasy family comedy film. Dave Douglas, a busy deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County, is prosecuting Justin Forrester for allegedly firebombing Grant and Strictland, a pharmaceutical corporation. Forrester denies the accusation, but claims that Grant and Strictland have been participating in unlawful animal experimentation. This causes a rift between Dave and his daughter Carly, who happens to be one of Forrester’s students. Dave’s intense focus on work also takes a toll on his relationships with his wife Rebecca and son ...

Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) is an American computer-animated short film that was included as a special feature on the DVD of Cars. Mater, always up for a good prank, has been playing tricks on his fellow residents of Radiator Springs. From moving Red’s flowers to startling Guido and Luigi with a tire pile resembling the Colosseum, to dressing up as a cone vampire to scare Sally, Mater has been causing mischief. Even though he attempted to scare Lizzie while she slept, his plan was unsuccessful. He also teased Lightning by pretending to hide behind gas cans until Sheriff sets him straight. When Lightning asks about the supposed ghostlight, Sheriff ...

Cars (2006) is an American animated sports comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. In a world where vehicles are the main population, the Dinoco 400 race is the ultimate event of the Piston Cup season. This race heightens tension between the retiring seven-time champion, Strip ‘The King’ Weathers, the sly Chick Hicks, and the talented yet cocky rookie, Lightning McQueen. Determined to secure a spot on the renowned Dinoco team, Lightning struggles with working as a team due to his selfish demeanor. During this high-stakes competition, Lightning narrowly avoids getting caught up in Chick’s attempt to cause a major ...